[000:00:00;00] was was . president morsi his public refusal to. suspend constitutional changes. the opposition rejects his call for talks and holds . on friday. and these are live pictures of people gathering for a new. attack here in. a little later with our correspondent. a british faces jail after being found guilty of involvement in cyber attacks on global payment systems in support of wiki leaks. and the. project. the pipeline from russia aims to directly satisfy europe's appetite for

gas. around the world on screen online international news. from moscow thousands a gathering for new protests in the egyptian capital with president morsi as much anticipated state address failing to quell public anger the opposition is disappointed with morse's refusal to rescind the disputed draft constitution and is calling for a final ultimatum to the country's leader. reporter bill true joins me live now from near the presidential palace so how big are the crowds at the moment and what exactly are they planning to do. the crowds of tens of thousands strong here in the presidential palace they've been gradually getting into this area all day coming

from different marches across seventeen locations in cairo there is talk of a city here presidential palace but at the moment they just standing off against either public and gods who built a concrete barrier. in front of the presidential palace earlier this morning to stop protesters from going any further we've also seen similar protests across the country in areas like alexandria where there was approximately fifteen thousand people who marched against morsi and consider a controversial decree and those are his decisions to stick by the referendum on the constitution which is due next week this morning we want to suicide scenes in another part of cairo there were funerals for three muslim brotherhood supporters who died in wednesday's clashes between rival protest groups right here. so it was interesting juxtaposition between the walking wounded here in front of the presidential palace on the opposition side i mean funerals that are as hamas the main mosque in cairo just across the city now one of the pro morsi muslim

brotherhood is that any action planned by them at this stage in response to all of this. we haven't had an official announcement of a of a protest covers i mentioned there were many there were thousands gathered at the us how mosque for the funeral you also not to protest against the protesters here and in support of the of the president we also use to ultra conservative islamist groups out so the media city which is basically a television headquarters about thirty miles outside of cairo who are protesting against the media incitement they stand against islamist groups and against the president so i think you will definitely see calls for protests and suppose the president is the streets here escalates no of course mohammed morsi he addressed the nation last night he has the political situation in the country being developed in response to the tool. yes the national salvation front which is the coalition of

opposition forces who are behind many of these marches and he also currently running the city and in tahrir square denounced in a press statement this morning that they absolutely refused dialogue with the president says president to speak. ask the talks tomorrow should stuff today with opposition forces as it stands at every single opposition party or maybe it's the party so far egypt has announced they will not say it's ten days to explore and needed president says rightly own his own from all right in addition we're still seeing strikes from doing most of the journalists and i had a protest today which was converged on the presidential palace against the sea in addition we still got strikes from the head of the referendum committee who didn't hear on when to say in protest of the violence quit saying you couldn't you didn't you didn't believe in in what way the country was going to how the referendum itself could be a whole different question syria has it mean anyway that's how i the either group or i can have a dialogue as it stands at the moment. well thanks

a lot for that report of bell true joining us live from the egyptian. instead of uniting the nation mohamed morsi is addressing is to divide it even further but dr wanted fun is a counterterrorism advisor to the u.s. congress says that despite the opposition's determination to make morsi back down he has a strong chance of keeping the new powers he's handed himself. the country is clearly split but mr morsi is strong because he has many institutions under his control the parliament the presidency the upper layer of the army now has replaced many officers and his calculations on december the fifteenth he would win because the most organized force now in egypt at least for the next few months is the muslim brotherhood and their allies the salafist gotten a majority in the parliament with allies of course they've got the president elected with allies and now some of his allies have abandoned him but they don't have the strength to organize and reach out to citizens the way the muslim brotherhood have so this looks like a recipe for

a long. civil uprising against the government i am not sure that this is going to go immediately into what people think could be a civil war unless acts of violence are going to continue day after day and that's what the morsi was concerned about syrian rebels have declared the country's main international airport a military zone warning civilians and they approached their own risk the u.s. is concerned rebel breakthroughs could force the government into a chemical attack something the white house says would trigger foreign intervention washington reportedly believes president assad is preparing to use chemical weapons and his art is going to take our reports allegations could be all that takes us official said intelligence agencies have detected that ourselves government has been preparing its chemical weapons stockpiles for possible use the obama administration's message to syria the u.s. is ready to act if you make the tragic mistake of using these weapons there will be

consequences and you will be held accountable there will be consequences. there will be consequences we have sent a an unmistakable message that this would cross a red line next how does america the media quickly picked up on the alarming news of the syrian government's alleged planes citing a secret intelligence and for fox news confirms that syrian troops now have the deadly nerve agent sarin gas weaponized and at the ready the syrian government flatly denied the possibility saying it would not use such weapons against its people. we would not commit suicide we feel there's a conspiracy to provide a pretext for any subsequent interventions in syria by these countries during creasing pressure on syria the syrian government sure knows that if they use chemical weapons it would give nato and some of their arab neighbors who are itching to intervene in syria the green light to go ahead with their plans the meskins itself says it would be suicidal for them to do so but with the fear and

the hype building up over the use of chemical weapons against civilians in syria it seems the u.s. might be preparing grounds to jump the gun on this one the jumping the gun scenario is not new for the u.s. almost twenty years ago the bush administration confidently presented false evidence to invade iraq we have and descriptions of biological weapons factories on wheels and on rails in beijing triggered a civil war that killed more than one hundred thousand innocent iraqis and years later all washington had to say about this was the president thought it was correct congress thought it was of course i regret that it turned out a lot of it was wrong in the run up to the iraq invasion to do us media was instrumental in selling the case to the public the congress never had any proof ever present ever of weapons of mass destruction all came from tony blair to the bush right now that the u.s. has drawn a red line on syria it has made it clear it's ready to take action but how i'm not

going to telegraph in any specifics what we would do in the event of. a credible evidence that the assad regime has resorted to using chemical weapons against their own people but suffice it to say we are certainly planning to. take action if that eventuality were to occur to american warships are already near the syrian coast with some. in thousand u.s. marines and dozens of fighter jets on board on top of that nato is sending american german and dutch batteries of patriot anti-aircraft missiles to turkey's border with syria meaning hundreds more u.s. and european troops will be deployed to the frontier nato says deploying patriot missiles along syrian borders as a defensive step to prevent syria from attacking turkey i don't think there's any requirement whatsoever for patriot batteries on the ground in turkey again the

patriot missiles are designed to really protect primarily against incoming theater ballistic missiles or aircraft the syrians are not according to a detective turks the turks of the most powerful military establishment in the region the largest army in nato and intervention in syria will be as bad if not worse than what we experienced in iraq the pentagon said they would need seventy five thousand troops to secure syria's weapons of mass destruction the question on everyone's mind is are they seriously considering that kind of a mess of intervention because that could mean another you rock coming soon and invasion that could be followed by years of bloody civil war in washington i'm going to check on. let's not talk to don't even have a political analyst a professor at these at an eight university in jordan well the latest news is that the syrian rebels are saying that the main international airport is a legitimate target what impact is that going to have on the country if it is incapacitated. well the rebels have been

a king civilian targets all over syria for the last twenty one months practically so it wouldn't be a surprise of they also try to attack the main airport and the mosque i wouldn't be surprised about happened happened at wouldn't be too hard for a group of followers to do head and run operations against a suppled base against a stationary base especially if it's a civilian stationary base what about the concerns of chemical weapons being used by the assad government the u.n. chief says there's no proof assad is preparing to use chemical weapons so why is the u.s. continually claiming it is. well this brings back memories from iraq nine years ago. and this regard i think the purpose of drumming up these allegations about

syrians something or bundling the usage of of chemical weapons is either to justify a military and they're likely in syria or to justify arming the rebels with quantitatively but the weaponry especially. on the sides or things came to a political settlement to impose the presence of. one of those people who would be on the ground for all they come to the weapons stocks of syria which would be in the best of israel of course so whether things go in the direction of a direct military intervention or they go in the direction of stopping the shaman. supervision over the syrian military political supplement in both cases this media hype is meant to further the interests of us imperialism and zionism and

the region but the u.s. is expected to recognize the syrian opposition is the sole legitimate voice solve the syrian people in the next few days just tell significant will that be. well this is a clear and blatant attempt so these stubber law is a legitimate government i mean if somebody decided to recognize another group as the sole legitimate representative of the united states of america that would definitely be a declaration of war this is another example of the us and the night so trying to circumvent the legitimate process that has to take place through and national law they are trying to bring about a change within syria like they did before the order in libya by undermining the legitimate government and bringing about chaos not just another government but

fragmentation bloodshed civil war instead of the legitimate government bringing about that change would that involve u.s. intervention helping the syrian rebels and official intervention militarily by the us i think we already have u.s. and to revenge from as we have seen from several reports and the u.s. and the british media above the cia. running operations to smuggle weapons through southern turkey and to northern syria to the muslim brothers and the syrian free army saw a spot as that goes we have official announcements that the rebels are being held with televisions and formation especially of via satellite images and john kerry because just quickly also we heard in the report just before we came to you that intervention would lead to another iraq would you agree with that sentiment just

briefly. absolutely i think that what the fun of libya another iraq but on a larger or regional scale political or stuck to it would have a louche thank you very much indeed for your thoughts thanks for joining us thank you thank you. for more news after this short break this is all t. live here in moscow stay with us. a forty nine year old southern california man was thrown in president charles with possessing materials to make an explosive device all because of his rather unusual wristwatch despite the bomb squad saying that his watch was not a weapon he read it custody for twenty four hours and was charged with the crime anyway so a spokesman for the el meter county sheriff's department said that the man's watch

had all the components to make an improvised explosive device minus the explosive material you know having a lighter in your pocket is also everything you need to self explosion minus the gun powder but before we make a victim out of this watch where i have to point out one thing the watch he was wearing was designed to look like some sort of bomb with fuses and wires and switches so who's more idiotic someone who wears a device that looks like a bomb on an airplane or a government who can fix someone for having the components of a bomb without that bit of the bomb that makes him blow up i'd say both are pretty dumb but that's just my opinion. and experience before theories with the. survival.

of. the coolest most of. the nation the fourth. day. to make a. case of the. on the. news continues here on r.t. a student has been found guilty in a british court of involvement in a cyber attack on global online payment companies pay pal visa master card would target it after it blocked all funds meant for whistle blowing site wiki leaks the

twenty two year old who has maintained his innocence is now facing a jail sentence on his door smith is following the case. the crime is basically a revenge attack against those companies that blockaded wiki leaks pay pal master card fees and other online payment companies they banned wiki leaks from taking payments through their organizations which essentially brought with to its knees and anonymous the act the online activist organization then this put this block on them as well a distributed denial of service attack christopher weatherhead has been convicted of participating in that attack now this is a crime it's a crime that's called conspiracy to impair the operations of computers but it is ultimately a crime of protest would anonymous were doing was saying you know you can't as big organizations cut off wiki leaks from their funding without seeing some kind of

retribution and this was the retribution that they planned and computer activists here in the u.k. are saying that the criminal justice system really by finding christopher weatherhead guilty is sending a message basically that financial institutions can cut off organizations with impunity but when the people try to fight back there's hell to pay the full force of the law comes down on them now as i say. christopher weatherhead is waiting for sentencing at the moment he's already been convicted but the maximum sentence that he could receive for this crime is ten years in prison but it's pretty interesting to know the other crimes that also carry a maximum sentence of ten years and they include some extraordinary things if you compare this impairing the operations of computers they include threats to kill also rioting right down to some sex offenses involving children and also with intent to rape so it's really extraordinary list of crimes that also carry this

same sentence. reporting from london there are more stories to catch up with online including russia's prime minister gets a grilling from journalists and definitive faced questions on the infamous pussy riot case defense ministry and allegations that political screws are being tightened. to find out what the prime minister had. the right to file a petition inspire some bizarre ideas in america with one bright spot collecting signatures for the u.s. government to build the space station. the ambitious multi-billion dollar pipeline is now officially under construction the project brings together europe's biggest energy giants and we'll see russian

gas pumps straight to the continent. reports. also on the school's winter day in may not sound like it but this beach is a gateway to fun and sun to solve a new russians during their holidays and now this place will also become a gateway for russian gas and so europe this day marks the start of the construction of one of the most ambitious and certainly expensive supply systems on earth no surprise there was plenty of fun i think groundbreaking ceremony such as to the importance of being placed on the project that president clinton himself was here at the gulf stream five land will go directly from the black sea to bulgaria and on to greece as sleek and austria the project was dreamed up on to the idea the more the mary and not the was of the more punchlines the more secure the delivery to customers will be now it's a need that arose from transit countries ukraine and particular to such a delivery and so on

a number of occasions and the past fifty percent of the pipeline will be owned by russian energy giant gazprom the rest us but with its lead france and germany however many in the euro question whether this project is ever need it critics say that a whopping twenty billion dollars cost for a pipeline is way too much especially in current times of economic recession but it seems these fears are not enough to stop a project like this was vigorous will be hoping the only choppy waters to face it are on the very see if they will be going directly under. news out some other news now for you from around the world at the start of the day in our world update five people have been taken off spittal after a one meter high tsunami hit the miyagi province in japan was triggered by seven point three magnitude earthquake that struck the eastern coast with aftershocks felt as far away as the capital tokyo the tsunami alert has now been lifted in two thousand and eleven a similar quake in the same records

a meltdown at the. palestine time mass party has invited fatah to its twenty fifth anniversary celebrations in gaza the move is seen as a sign of warming relations between the parties after splits caused by hamas winning power in gaza six years ago is believed israel's latest military operation which killed over one hundred people has pushed a massive thought out to cast aside their differences. in britain a nurse who took a cool from hoax call is playing a prank called the hospital treating the duchess of cambridge is understood to commit suicide jacintha saldanha who answered the phone in transferred the call was found dead in central london two australian deejays pretended to be the queen and prince charles phoned the hospital during their radio show while the duchess was being treated for illness linked to pregnancy. in athens greek units clashed with police during a rally marking the fourth anniversary of a deadly police shooting gas was used to disperse the angry mob while at least

twenty eight people. reported six cars were set alight back in two thousand and eight a policeman shot dead a fifteen year old sparking mass protests the officer received a life sentence two years later. india has warned it's prepared to use force to secure its economic interests in the south china sea it's after allegations that beijing had deliberately hampered its rivals oil and gas exploration off its. reports if they can't settle their dispute amicably there are others who are ready to take full advantage. as china and india rise economically their military muscles are growing as well both need energy to keep that kind of growth going and that may be putting the two asian giants on a collision course because of the mess that nationalism the indian government cannot afford to be seem to be weak in dealing with china obviously

a higher power with government. over two hundred billion barrels of oil and large amounts of natural gas that's more than the vast majority of the world's energy rich nations have all hidden under the south china sea china claims most of the territory for itself but india has also managed to get access by buying a stake in a vietnamese gas field shortly after hanoi accuse chinese boats of sabotage an exploration india warned it's ready to use force to defend its interests hopefully as i said that should not be leading to a longer term conflict but you know it's it's a newly inevitable because both of these countries now large ambitions of becoming global actors and players both china and india have been pumping billions of u.s. dollars into their armies and navies holding drills on a regular basis and beijing has also announced its police will soon start to board and inspect foreign vessels to have vast oil reserves in the south china sea are just too big of

a cash for neither china working here to pass out because i really want a proper between a true economic power houses is a really a game that neither can when the two asian giants can't afford any weaknesses and that would make it easier for other countries to take a bite of the vast resources the u.s. has long been increasing its economic and military presence in the region this in yes there west strike to take this extension by both china terms of the last. four holes that the girl. well clash. powerhouses can't she can't go to some other players already on the sidelines. let me back with more news for in about an hour from now coming up

very shortly breaking the sense that after the break. the stunning beauty of reindeer gracefully dancing across the arctic tundra more than just a scenic image it is a way of life traditionally the people are nomadic reindeer herders though in many ways they lead a simple and rustic life they are also highly skilled and organized in. another week and will be preparing for. a response this summer depending on. the day we found this particularly camp they were settled near the coast of the see here four families work together to manage nearly a thousand reindeer herding reindeer is not just a job for the people in fact they say it's a part of their entire culture heritage and way of life and that they can use

almost every single part of the reindeer to help them survive. a deer is a means of transportation. for the outside and. the life in the tundra is harsh and so before winter hits many of the children are helicoptered to the center of the district for boarding school. students learn different languages utilize modern technologies through specialized grant programs and even learn arts skills all within a protected environment the school. founded. a scientist who wanted a better way of life for his people but even with the most progressive ideas in education many say they don't want to trade the modern life for their beloved. i have returned to the tundra and i actually like it here if you're outside there's fresh air fresh water looks at the site you can see deer it's

a joyful sight. a sentiment that hopefully ensures that russia's northern reindeer will have caretakers for generations to come. to live on one hundred thirty three bucks a month for food. you know how fabulous i love. i mean. i'm. really not so. very sort. of. worse for the little. white house or the.